Securing device



F. C. ANDERSON.

SECURING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED 1:50.13, 1921.

Patented Aug.- 22, 1922.

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FRANK CARLTQN ANDERSON, FPOBTLAND,-MAINE.

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Application. filed December 13, 1921. Serial No. 522,093.

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My invention relates to a securing device, and more particularly an article of this nature adapted for use in connection with a rope or cable.

Although my invention is not necessarily limited for use in this connection, it is primarily intended for association with a In connection with devices of this character, it is a well appreciated fact that due to the stretching tendency of rope, that considerable difliculty has been experienced in retaining the same properly taut without producing atension upon the same which may cause the line to break upon a strain being exerted upon it, and in any instance causing the knots to become so tight as to virtually render it impossible to untie the same.

Thus, as aforestated, my invention is primarily intended for use in connection with a rope or line of this character, and it is an object of the same to provide a securing device which may be economically manufactured, and be extremely rugged in construction, and by means of which the line will be held in a proper manner without any danger of the same slipping.

A further object of this invention is the construction of a device of the nature stated by means of which it will not be necessary to knot the body of the rope together to establish a connection, and by means of which it will also be possible for an operator to readily efiect a detachment or loosening of the rope.

Still further objects of this invention will become apparent from the annexed specification taken in connection with the drawings which latter illustrate one practical embodiment thereof, and in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a secur ing device embodying my improved construction, and showing the same in association with a rope.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along the line '44 and in the direction of the arrows indicated in. Figure 3,and

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing the rope detached.

Referring now more particularly to Figures 1 and 2 it will be seen thatthe reference numeral 10 indicatesa rope, which, as

has been illustrated-in Figure 2, is in the nature of a clothesline, and which further, as in Figure 1, is preferably formed with a knot 11 to prevent a fraying of the end thereof.

Also as in Figure 1 it will be seen that my improved securing device preferably includes a pair of arms 12 having heads 13 associated with their end portions, each of these heads being conveniently of similar construction so as to render the device reversible.

As has been shown in Figure 5, in which one of the heads 13 is illustrated, this member is formed with an opening or bore 14 extending longitudinally of its body, the inner edges of this bore terminating in an inclined shoulder 15, and being interrupted with a suitable number of wedge-shaped slots 16.

Thus, in use, the rope or line 10 is threaded through the bore 14 of one of the heads 13 and subsequently knotted, as at 11, and

- it will be understood that this knot will bear against the inclined shoulder 15 which will e ectively preclude this end of the rope being pulled through the bore 14, regardless of the amount of tension to which the rope is subjected. I i

The opposite end of the line, or the end of a second line is threaded through the bore 14 of the opposite head 13, as in Figures 1 and 2, and the body of this rope, after the whole has been tightened to a sufficient extent, is drawn sidewise so as to pass through one or" the inclined slots 16 within which it will wedge incident to the tension.

Also a reinforcing portion 17 may extend between the arms 12, and at a point substantially intermediate the end portions of the same, and this reinforcing portion may be formed with an opening through which the rope 10 may be threaded so that the same subsequently passes through this opening after emerging from the slots 16, as has been shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Thus it will be appreciated that an operator may quickly secure the rope, after the same has been tensioned to a suflicient extent, and it Will further be understood that When the rope is to be loosened, that a sharp pull upon the portion of the same extending beyond the slot 16 Will result in the removal of the rope from this portion and thus it Will be permitted to move freely for loosening or other purposes, although it may be immediately secured by again pulling the same into one of the slots 16.

Thus all of the objects of this invention have been accomplished, and it Will also be understood that numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to Without in the least departing from the scope of my claims; which are;

1. A securing device including a pair of arms, heads secured adjacent the ends of said arms, said heads being each formed With a bore and a wedge-shaped slot adjacent theinner end of said bore, and an inclined shoulder forming a part of said head, and also adjacent the inner end of said bore, said shoulder also being interrupted by said slot.

2. A securing device including a pair of spaced arms, heads secured adjacent the ends of said arms, each of said heads being provided with a bore, and a slot interrupting said bore, and a reinforcing portion extending between said arms, and at a point substantially intermediate said heads, said por tion being formed With an opening.

FRANK CARLTON ANDERSON. 

